Boundaries, Broken Places, and Being Mended with Gold - with Aimee Kandrac

Hope Comes to Visit

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What happens when life breaks open in every direction? For Aimee Kandrac, it all came crashing down in a six-week period — empty nesting, a cancer scare, the end of her 23-year marriage, and selling her dream home. But from that breaking point came something extraordinary: “Amy 2.0.”

In this episode of Hope Comes to Visit, Aimee shares how she rebuilt her life with new boundaries, deeper self-knowledge, and a joy her own friends and family had never seen before. As CEO and co-founder of What Friends Do, Aimee also brings hard-won wisdom about how we show up for each other in times of crisis. Because when we let others in — when we accept help as much as we give it — we create the kind of connection that heals us all.

This is a story of transformation, community, and the gold that can mend our broken places.

Connect with Aimee here on her website: AimeeKandrac.com, on What Friends Do, and of course on her social channel - LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.

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Chapters

1. Introduction to Amy Kandrick (00:00:00)

2. What Friends Do: Supporting Crisis (00:05:40)

3. Accepting Help During Difficult Times (00:11:57)

4. Life Quakes and Finding Hope (00:19:24)

5. Setting Boundaries and Self-Discovery (00:30:02)

6. Finding Joy and Rewriting Life's Rules (00:36:08)

7. Closing Thoughts and Contact Information (00:43:55)